President Bush was visiting a primary school and he visited one of theclasses. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words andtheir meanings. The teacher asked the President if he would like to leadthe discussion on the word "tragedy". So the illustrious leader askedthe class for an example of a "tragedy".

One little boy stood up and offered: "If my best friend, who lives on afarm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills him,that would be a tragedy."

"No," said Bush, "that would be an accident."

A little girl raised her hand: "If a school bus carrying 50 childrendrove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy."

"I'm afraid not," explained the president. "That's what we would call agreat loss."

The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Bush searched the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of atragedy?"

Finally at the back of the room a small boy (Lil Johnny) raised hishand. In a quiet voice he said: "If Air Force One carrying you and Mrs.Bush was struck by a "friendly fire" missile and blown to smithereens,that would be a tragedy."